The Mummy of Yugioh Returns: The Millennium King
BlackRoseDragonCK
5. Memories
Rated: T - English - Romance/Adventure - Yami Yūgi & Anzu M. - Reviews: 18 - Updated: 09-11-11 - Published: 09-07-11 - Complete - id:7363439
I DO NOT OWN YUGIOH OR THE MUMMY RETURNS
Hey again! I need to address something that was brought to my attention in the reviews. I skipped the scene where Ihmotep assimilates the hoodlums because right as I was getting to that part, my extremely old dvd player died (I've been watching the movie with subtitles as I write the chapters). Therefore, I could not remember everything that happened in the scene. Fortunately, I have a new player so that is no longer an issue. Sorry if I confused anybody by skipping that part. Anyway, here's chapter five!
Tea gazed out over the bow of the ship, staring into the beautiful starry sky. She gasped when an extremely strange sensation came over her mind.
At the temple of Karnak, Bakura sat with Ishizu at a misty pond, saying, "It is time to remind you of who you are…and of who we are together. For our love…is a true love, an eternal love, our souls mated together as one…forever."
He waved a tan hand over the pool and a vision played into the minds of Ishizu and Tea. They were standing before the thrown of Pharaoh Akhenamkhanen, dressed in Egyptian clothing, golden masks, and wielding twin sai. At a signal, the two women began to fight skillfully while many spectators watched them. Each was highly skilled….though it seemed that Isis had the advantage. She knocked the Tea look alike to the ground, pausing at the announcement that she had won the first round.
Removing her face guard, Egyptian Tea glared at the other woman.
Isis lifted her own covering and said, "Put your mask on! Let's not scar that pretty face."
Scowling, the younger woman sprang to her feet and began to duel again. At one point, Isis managed to knock both miniature swords from her grasp and she somersaulted backwards, grabbing an axe from the wall. Adjusting to the change of weapons, Isis threw her daggers into two statues and grabbed a spear, springing into the next round.
Among the viewers, Bakura tossed a quick smile to Akhenamkhanen as if to say, "I told you Isis is not to be trifled with".
The girls continued to battle until the Pharoah's mistress knocked the axe from the blue-eyed beauty's hands. She tried to grab the other woman's spear….only to be thrown to the ground with the spear pointed at her throat.
With the match over, Isis looked down at her opponent with a coy smile and muttered, "You are learning quickly…Teana. I will have to watch my back."
"Yes," growled the girl named Teana, not deceived by the woman's false friendliness. "And I shall watch mine."
The raven-haired woman gave a slight frown as the brunette climbed to her feet.
"Bravo, bravo!" a young man, obviously the prince, stepped forward. He was Teana's age with tan skin, striking crimson eyes, and tri-colored, spiked hair. Despite being dressed in gold and a violet cape of royalty, he bore a haunting resemblance….to Yami.
Smiling, he continued, "Who better to protect the Millennium Necklace…" the prince approached Teana and wrapped an affectionate arm around her waist. "…then my beautiful future wife, Teana. And who better to protect my father, the great Pharaoh Akhenamkhanen…" He smiled cordially at his fiancées rival. "…then my father's future wife, Isis."
The woman bowed as applause sounded throughout the chamber. Atem planted a gentle kiss on Teana's lips before wrapping his arms around her, whispering, "Well done, my love…"
"Thank you…Atem," the girl beamed, settling into his embrace. She glanced over Atem's shoulder to see the high priest Bakura strolling casually past Isis. As he walked, the brunette noticed a long, forlorn look between them the she found…odd.
Later that evening, Tea stood on a balcony in the palace, daydreaming as she gazed absently into a chamber below. She saw Isis enter the room, followed…by Bakura. A few moments later, the princess gasped in shock and looked away…when the high priest and pharaoh's mistress engaged in a long, passionate kiss. They abruptly separated when Akhenamkhanen's voice sounded throughout the chamber.
Teana watched the scene unfold, gasping when Bakura seized the Pharaoh's sword.
"Medjai!" she cried frantically. "The Pharaoh needs you!"
Unfortunately, it was too late, as the two illegitimate lovers began brutally slaying her fiancée's father. The Tea from the past screamed and stepped forward….and so did the Tea of the future, falling over the side of the Magic Carpet.
Luckily, her husband grabbed her leg, while the other passengers grabbed onto him, and they successfully prevented anyone from plummeting to their deaths.
Though the vision was over for Tea, Ishizu was still living it.
"Go! Save yourself!" she begged Bakura.
"NO!"
"Only you can resurrect me!"
The high priest struggled as his minions began dragging him to safety, saying, "I won't leave you! Get away from me! Isis!"
Once Bakura was out of sight, Isis raised a dagger, hissing, "My body is no longer his temple!" she drove the blade into herself.
As soon as the knife made contact, Ishizu…died. With the reincarnation no longer inhabiting that body, Bakura read from the Book of the Dead….and finally succeeded in resurrecting Isis.
Confused, Isis gazed at her surroundings and smiled when she saw her lover.
"Bakura!"
"Isis…"
Back on the flying ship, Yami had his arm firmly wrapped around his wife's shoulders, as if afraid she would jump again. "Tea, I know you haven't exactly been yourself lately with all these dreams and visions—"
"No, no, they're memories," the brunette corrected, "from my previous life. Honestly, I'm not losing my mind. It all makes perfect sense now."
The soldier cocked an eyebrow. "And that's the reason why we found the necklace?'
"Exactly. I was its protector."
"Now do you believe, my friend?" Shadi smiled knowingly. "Clearly, you were destined to be with this woman."
"Right. She's the reincarnated 'Guardian of the Millennium Necklace' and I'm a former pharaoh of Egypt," Yami smirked skeptically.
"And your son leads the way to Ahm Shere. Three sides of a pyramid. This was all preordained thousands of years ago."
"And how does the story end?" Tea asked.
Shadi shook his head, saying, "Only the journey is written, not the destination."
Yami rolled his eyes. "Convenient…"
"How else do you explain Tea's visions? That it is YOUR son who wears the necklace? How do you explain your mark?"
"COINCIDENCE."
The Medjai leader sighed. "My friend….there is a fine line between coincidence and fate."
Yugi tugged desperately at the chain attached to his ankle, striving to weaken it.
"Don't even THINK about it," Rafael hissed as he entered the chamber. He strode forward, looking like he was about to hurt the boy….but Yugi was far smarter then he could ever hope to be.
"Hold on there, partner," he grinned, pulling down his collar to reveal the Millennium Necklace.
"When the time comes…" the muscled man growled, grabbing the child by his shirt, "I will TRULY enjoy killing you."
Yugi smirked. "But UNTIL that time…you had better be a LITTLE nicer to me. Now where's my water?"
With his thick eyebrows furrowing further than thought humanly possible, Rafael shoved the canteen into the boy's hands, storming off in a huff.
"What, no ice?'
The man glanced over his shoulder and swore in Arabic before continuing onward. With his captor out of sight, Yugi set to work pouring the liquid over the sand to make it solid enough to mold. It was time to send his parents a message.
The next morning, the Mutou party arrived at the site of the broken-down train at the Temple of Karnak. Yami and Shadi burst into the locomotive, guns at the ready….only to find that it was empty.
"They've gone…" Shadi sighed. "We've lost them."
Tea, meanwhile, strode through the temple, sadly searching for any signs of her son. She gasped when she saw the chain….and an Egyptian ankh pendant that belonged to Yugi.
"YAMI!" she cried.
Both men raced into the chamber, looking quite concerned as the brunette explained, "Yugi left us his ankh…" she smiled when she saw his other clue. "And….he's left us a sand castle. It's the Temple of Philae. They've gone to Philae."
"That-a-boy, Yugi," Yami grinned proudly.
Sure enough, the group followed Yugi's sandy directions, finding his jacket at the next site along with a sand formation of the Temple of Abu Simbel. Shadi sent word via Anzu to the other Medjai….and unfortunately, Rafael was beginning to grow suspicious of the hawk that appeared at every location. (A.N: By the way, the part in the movie where Ardeth's hawk gets killed breaks my heart so I'm gonna add a twist to my story concerning that event.)
Gliding over a rushing river, Yami announced, "That's the Blue Nile down there. We must be out of Egypt by now."
"In ancient times, all this still belonged to the upper kingdom…" Tea murmured. "The oasis must be around her somewhere."
The soldier smiled reassuringly. "Don't worry, Tea. We'll find him. He's a smart kid. He'll leave us a sign."
Unfortunately, Bakura was also smart….and he was waiting for the travelers down on the bank of the river.
Carving his parent's next direction into the sand, Yugi yelped when a pair of large hands snatched him off the ground.
"Surprised to see me?" Rafael snarled, shaking the boy violently. "Leaving bread crumbs, huh?"
"Rafael!" Bakura called, wading waist deep into the water. "Put the boy down." He then glanced at Yugi and sneered, "I hope your parents enjoyed the journey." With that ominous statement, the high priest let out a supernatural roar and spread out his arms, causing the river to rise up into a wall of water. He sent it traveling downstream…..towards the Magic Carpet.
Catching sight of the approaching wave, Valon screamed, "WE'RE IN TROUBLE!"
The water formed into the likeness of Bakura's face….and smiled sinisterly.
"Anzu, fly!" Shadi commanded, releasing his bird.
"Valon!" Yami shouted. "Go hard right! Starboard! Starboard!"
Valon did as he was told and threw a lever, activating the rear thrusters of the ship. It blasted away from the face of water, its passengers becoming completely soaked in the process, but they escaped.
Drenched from head to toe, the pilot shakily got to his feet and muttered, "Was there a little something you forgot to mention?"
Looking over the side of the ship, Joey's brows furrowed. "Uh…people?"
Everyone looked…and gasped when they beheld a vast oasis below them.
"Ahm Shere," Shadi breathed.
Yami grabbed a telescope and peered through it, gasping when he saw the legendary pyramid of gold in the distance.
"Right…"
Their wonder was short lived…for the watery face of Bakura once again sprung out of the river.
"HE'S BACK!" Valon yelped. "HANG ON!"
He activated the thrusters again, urging the ship onward. Unfortunately, right as they hovered over the jungle…..the rocket boosters died.
"Well, THAT'S not good," the pilot announced, sinking down as the water hit the ship and sent it spiraling into the oasis below.
Confident that his foes were dead, Bakura waded out of the water onto the shore.
"Mom…?" Yugi whispered, completely horrified. "Dad…?"
Bakura ruffled the boy's hair with mock affection and Yugi angrily swatted his hand away.
Unbeknownst to the enemy, the Mutou party had survived the crash and were all in one piece, although the same could not be said for their ride.
Taking charge, Yami said, "We're gonna go out there and get my son. Then, we're gonna want to get out of here pretty fast, so make this thing work, Valon."
"Clearly, you don't understand," the pilot snapped, waving smoke away from the engine. "This thing was filled with gas. Not hot air—gas. I need GAS to get this thing off the ground. Where am I gonna find gas around here, huh? Bananas? Mangos? Tarzan's ass? Well, maybe I could finagle it to take hot air…but do you have any idea how many cubic meters I'd need? It's too big!"
Clapping his hot-headed friend on the shoulder, Yami replied, "If anybody can fill this thing up with hot air, Valon…it's you."
With the pilot distracted, Joey took the chance to steal the scepter of Osiris while Shadi called his hawk to his arm. He attached a message to Anzu's leg, sending her off again before following the others.
"So, Yami…" Joey began. "What's the plan?"
"Let's find some higher ground," the soldier replied.
That….was when they heard the tell-tale gunshot.
"ANZU!" Shadi screamed, waiting anxiously for his pet hawk to return….but alas she did not. (A.N: Remember, this will have a twist in the end).
Fighting back sorrow, he announced, "I must go."
"Where?"
"I must let the commanders know where we are."
"You can't go!"
"If the Army of Anubis arises—"
"I need you to help me find my little boy," Yami pleaded, desperation apparent in his crimson eyes.
The Medjai gazed at him for a moment, his eyes softening. "Then…first I shall help you."
"Thank you…"
Later that night, Bakura's men made their way cautiously through the jungle, gasping as the light of their torches revealed countless skeletons in cages and skulls on spears.
Pegasus pointed out the various groups that had attempted to locate the pyramid of gold years ago…and never lived to tell the tale.
Meanwhile, the heroes stood on a rocky outcropping, preparing their weapons for an assault.
"You hear that?" Yami asked gravely.
Shadi shook his head. "What?'
"NOTHING. Absolutely nothing."
Joey pulled aside a curtain of moss and gasped at what it revealed. "Whoa! Look at these shrunken heads! I'd love to know how they do that."
Everyone looked at him as if he'd just announced he'd like to be mummified.
"What? I'm just curious…" he picked up a shotgun and examined it thoroughly.
"Are you any good with that?" Shadi inquired.
The blonde grinned. "Three times Fox and Hound's grand champion, I'll have you know. You any good with that sword?"
"You'll know soon enough." He unsheathed his blade and pointed it at Joey's throat. "Because the only way to kill an Anubis warrior is by taking off its head."
"Right…" Joey gulped. "I'll remember that."
Cocking his shot gun, Yami watched as his wife prepared hers.
"Tea, just try to remember to uh…just keep it tight in the shoulder and…uh lead the target a little bit and uh….squeeze the trigger d-don't pull it…"
The brunette nodded and placed a gentle hand on his chest, saying "I won't miss."
Unable to resist the urge any longer, Yami took her face between his hands and kissed her fully and passionately as if it were the last time he would ever taste the sensation…before breaking away and running off. He vowed to himself that even if he didn't make it back….he would give Tea her son back….and kill the Ra forsaken man who'd taken him away.
Go, Yami! Hope you liked and please review! By the way, did anyone know that there's a Duel Monsters trap card called "Mind Crush"? I got it in a pack yesterday and nearly fell on the floor laughing.
I DO NOT OWN YUGIOH OR THE MUMMY RETURNS
